City of Hawthorn

{{About|a former local government area|the suburb|Hawthorn, Victoria}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = City of Hawthorn

| state = vic

| region = Eastern Melbourne

| area = 9.71

| est = 1860

| seat = Hawthorn

| pop = 31,500

| pop_year = 1992

| pop_footnotes = {{cite journal|title=Victorian Year Book|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria Office|journal=Victorian Year-Book|year=1994|page=49|issn= 0067-1223}}

| logo = 155px

| image = Old lga Hawthorn.png

| image2 = Hawthorn Town Hall 2008.jpg

| caption = Location in Melbourne

| caption2 = Hawthorn Town Hall

| county = Bourke

| near-nw = Collingwood

| near-n = Kew

| near-ne = Camberwell

| near-w = Richmond

| near-e = Camberwell

| near-sw = Prahran

| near-s = Malvern

| near-se = Malvern

| _noautocat = yes

}}

The City of Hawthorn was a local government area about {{convert|4|km|mi|1}} east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of {{convert|9.71|km2|sqmi|2}}, and existed from 1860 until 1994.

History

Hawthorn was incorporated as a municipal district on 27 July 1860. It was proclaimed as a town on 18 March 1887, and a city on 12 September 1890.{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=393–394}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.

On 22 June 1994, the City of Hawthorn was abolished, and along with the Cities of Camberwell and Kew, was merged into the newly created City of Boroondara.{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=4|isbn=0-642-23117-6|accessdate=2007-12-16}} The new City was originally planned to be named "City of Riversdale".{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/from-the-archives-controversial-council-amalgamations-redesign-melbourne-20190405-p51b7j.html|title=Municipal shake-up|work=The Age|date=9 April 1994|access-date=23 April 2023}}

The council met at the Hawthorn Town Hall, at the corner of Burwood and Glenferrie Roads, near Glenferrie railway station, Hawthorn. The facility is still used by the City of Boroondara as a regional arts centre.{{cite web|title=Mayor introduces Hawthorn's new leading lady of the arts|url=http://bulletin.boroondara.vic.gov.au/mayor-introduces-hawthorns-new-leading-lady-of-the-arts-2/|work=City of Boroondara|accessdate=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402181854/https://bulletin.boroondara.vic.gov.au/mayor-introduces-hawthorns-new-leading-lady-of-the-arts-2/|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

Wards

The City of Hawthorn was divided into four wards in 1891,{{cite web | url=https://www.hawthornhistoricalsociety.com.au/history/timeline/ | title=Timeline | Hawthorn Historical Society }} each electing three councillors:

Auburn Ward
Glenferrie Ward
Power Ward
Yarra Ward

Geography

The council area covered the suburbs of Hawthorn, Hawthorn East and parts of Glen Iris, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the west, Barkers Road to the north, Gardiners Creek and CityLink (formerly South Eastern Freeway) to the south and Burke Road to the east.{{cite journal|title=Melway - Greater Melbourne Street Directory|journal=Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory: Including Geelong, Phillip Island, Healesville, Bellarine & Mornington Peninsulas|year=1993|publisher=Melway Publishing Pty Ltd|location=Glen Iris, Victoria|issn= 0311-3957|pages=Maps 44–45, 58–59|edition=22nd}}